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By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An independent autopsy released by lawyers for the family of a man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail’s psychiatric wing says that he “died due to severe neglect.” Lashawn Thompson died in September, three months after he was booked into the Fulton County

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it won’t get involved in a dispute over a California animal cruelty law that bars foie gras from being sold in the state. That leaves in place a lower court ruling dismissing the case.Foie gras is made from the enlarged livers of force-fed

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A major New York City hospital is facing allegations that hospital officials ignored a star physician’s rampant sexual abuse of patients for more than a decade. A civil suit filed by 19 former patients allege that Mount Sinai Beth Israel in Manhattan knew Dr. Ricardo Cruciani was abusive toward his

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Social media company TikTok Inc. filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to overturn Montana’s first-in-the-nation ban on the video sharing app, arguing the law is an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights and is based on “unfounded speculation” that the Chinese government could access users’ data.

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gave final approval Monday afternoon to a red flag law that aims to keep firearms away from those at risk of harming themselves or others as the state grapples with ways to slow gun violence in the wake of its second

SANGER, Calif. (AP) — The body of a 4-year-old boy has been recovered from a surging California river. a day after his 8-year-old sister died when the siblings were swept away by the current. The Kings River has been closed to recreational use because of high water levels. The Fresno County Sheriff’s office says the

By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have a pivotal meeting coming up on the impasse over the government’s debt ceiling. Washington is racing to strike a budget compromise and raise the nation’s borrowing limit in time to avert a potentially

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education says a Georgia school district’s decision to remove some books may have created a hostile environment that violated federal laws against race and sex discrimination. The legal intervention by the department’s Office of Civil Rights could curb efforts to ban books in

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Charges have been dismissed against a former official in Flint, Michigan, in connection with the city’s lead-in-water scandal. Howard Croft on Monday became the last of nine people to benefit from a Michigan Supreme Court decision striking down indictments arising from the scandal. Croft was public works director when state-appointed managers

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The International Space Station rolled out the welcome mat Monday for two Saudi visitors, including the kingdom’s first female astronaut. SpaceX’s chartered flight arrived at the orbiting lab less than 16 hours after blasting off from Florida. The four guests will spend just over

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Arizona, California and Nevada on Monday proposed a plan to significantly reduce their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River over the next three years, a potential breakthrough in a year-long stalemate that pitted Western states against one another. The plan would conserve

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Ray Stevenson, the Irish actor who played the villainous British governor in “RRR,” an Asgardian warrior in the “Thor” films, and a member of the 13th Legion in HBO’s “Rome,” has died. He was 58. Representatives for Stevenson told The Associated Press that he died Sunday but had no